A couple of months ago, we learned that the scrunchie — a trifling flouncy ruffle of a hair tie popular in the '80s and '90s — had returned. Now the frippery has landed itself in the New York Times. » 7/17/14 12:40pm 7/17/14 12:40pm

In a piece titled "Incomes Keep Soaring for Fashion's Top Bloggers," the numbers are staggering. » 6/13/14 1:00pm 6/13/14 1:00pm

Dateline: 1893. The subject: fashion of the 20th century. The place: the human imagination, where anything is possible. Did the visionaries of the Gilded Age correctly predict what people would be wearing in the centuries ahead? Nope! And it's awesome. » 4/08/14 8:30pm 4/08/14 8:30pm

Last week, Sasha Obama appeared at a basketball game in a unicorn sweater from Asos. It promptly sold out, delivering a dangerous shock to the nation's strategic unicorn sweater reserve. » 11/27/13 7:00pm 11/27/13 7:00pm

There's an incredibly Times-y debate happening at the New York Times today — is it possible for men to dress in too youthful a style? If so, then what should be the penalty for men who dress to squire-ly? Lashings? Violent eye-shaming? Will the Fashion Police be dispatched? THERE'S ROOM FOR DEBATE! » 10/04/13 6:15pm 10/04/13 6:15pm

Selena Gomez turned 21 over the weekend, and on Saturday night, she threw a "gypsy"-themed birthday party. Uh… is that okay? » 7/29/13 2:10pm 7/29/13 2:10pm

Dear Lifehacker,
I’m starting at a new job soon, and I want to upgrade my wardrobe so it’s more work-appropriate. I’m on a budget for building my wardrobe from scratch, though. How many suits and other pieces of clothing should I own for both casual Fridays and regular work days? » 7/18/13 1:46pm 7/18/13 1:46pm

From my mom to the New York Times, everyone's got an opinion about the FLOTUS' new bangs. Concerned citizens are either, "BANGS YAY!" or "BANGS NAY!" and the nation, as it stands, is very invested. Some guy behind me at Starbuck's yesterday was telling his friends how Michelle Obama's bangs were keeping him up at… » 1/21/13 7:15pm 1/21/13 7:15pm

Leave it to the latest scientific study to suck some of the glamour out of the mysteriously magnetic aura that surrounds self-proclaimed rebels and badasses like Ke$ha and Pee-Wee Herman: according to the deflating new study (published in Social Psychological Personality and Science) from Nicholas S. Holtzman and… » 12/02/12 3:00pm 12/02/12 3:00pm

Hey, remember the '90s? They were cool. MTV showed music videos back then. The network also ran a weird, fun, bizarro program called House of Style, hosted by Cindy Crawford. Now, word on the street (in which the street is the Internet) is that House of Style is being resurrected, zombie-steez, (again, there was also… » 7/24/12 2:20pm 7/24/12 2:20pm

Your gay BFF President Barack Obama delivered the commencement address at the all-women's Barnard College today. During his speech, he encouraged the Class of 2012 to focus on their own personal improvement rather than the "beauty and fashion" obsessed pop culture that surrounds them, but added an important caveat:… » 5/14/12 4:00pm 5/14/12 4:00pm

World of Wonder's James St. James lists his top 7 GOT fashion orgasms, which include Daenerys' filigreed dress from Qarth, Arya's leather doublets, and a dead guy's fabulous breastplate: "Looks like they took an old Vivienne Westwood hangmen's sweater and dipped it in gold." » 5/08/12 2:50pm 5/08/12 2:50pm

As if the Los Angeles Times' investigation into Malia Obama's mysterious growth spurt — "Estimates put her at 5'9" or 5'10"," the once-great newspaper noted, "definitely taller than most children her age" — weren't enough, as Sasha and Malia Obama grow, they are also increasingly subject to public attention for their… » 12/14/11 3:05pm 12/14/11 3:05pm

Being both religious and cool is difficult in a society that increasingly scoffs faith, and being religious and cool is especially difficult if your religion demands that you do totally uncool things, like eschew beards and tattoos or wear religious garments under all of your outfits. So, how do young Mormons cope? » 10/27/11 2:50pm 10/27/11 2:50pm

Several people have written in to ask about what to wear when photographed. So we decided to investigate. » 4/15/11 5:36pm 4/15/11 5:36pm